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Published in final edited form as: J Econ Behav Organ. 2015 Apr 29;116:107–126. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012

Table 6.

Estimated indirect and direct effects of sexual identity on life satisfaction by gender, UKHLS 2011–2012.

Mediating variable	Sexual identity

	Gay or lesbian	Bisexual	Other	Prefer not to say
(A) Men (N = 14,222)
Log of equivalized household income	−.006	−.013^**	−.012^***	−.020^***
Log of equivalized household income	(.004)	(.006)	(.004)	(.005)
Employed	−.002	−.010^**	−.021^***	−.013^***
Employed	(.004)	(.005)	(.006)	(.004)
Married/De facto	−.045^***	−.030^***	−.010	−.020^***
Married/De facto	(.008)	(.008)	(.007)	(.005)
Self-assessed health	−.054^***	−.039^*	−.071^***	−.052^***
Self-assessed health	(.017)	(.020)	(.023)	(.014)
Number of children	.001	.000	−.000	−.000
Number of children	(.005)	(.001)	(.002)	(.001)
Number of friends	.001	−.002	.003	−.006^**
Number of friends	(.002)	(.004)	(.006)	(.002)
Completed a university degree	.004^*	.001	−.007^**	−.004^*
Completed a university degree	(.002)	(.002)	(.003)	(.002)
Total indirect effect	−.101^***	−.093^***	−.119^***	−.114^***
Total indirect effect	(.024)	(.027)	(.030)	(.018)
Direct effect	−.257^***	−.325^***	−.269^***	−.010
Direct effect	(.066)	(.092)	(.100)	(.057)
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	−.358^***	−.418^***	−.388^***	−.124^**
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	(.071)	(.092)	(.102)	(.060)
(B) Women (N = 18,472)
Log of equivalized household income	.005	−.007^*	−.017^***	−.008^***
Log of equivalized household income	(.004)	(.004)	(.005)	(.002)
Employed	.003	−.003^*	−.006^**	−.006^**
Employed	(.002)	(.002)	(.003)	(.002)
Married/De facto	−.016^**	−.015^**	−.006	−.014^***
Married/De facto	(.007)	(.007)	(.008)	(.005)
Self-assessed health	−.018	−.112^***	−.080^***	−.065^***
Self-assessed health	(.018)	(.020)	(.021)	(.012)
Number of children	−.000	−.000	.000	.000
Number of children	(.005)	(.001)	(.002)	(.001)
Number of friends	.004	.000	.004	.002
Number of friends	(.004)	(.003)	(.006)	(.003)
Completed a university degree	.006^**	.000	−.012^***	−.006^***
Completed a university degree	(.003)	(.002)	(.003)	(.002)
Total indirect effect	−.017	−.137^***	−.118^***	−.096^***
Total indirect effect	(.026)	(.025)	(.025)	(.014)
Direct effect	−.036	−.247^***	−.204^***	−.091^**
Direct effect	(.072)	(.065)	(.073)	(.046)
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	−.052	−.385^***	−.322^***	−.188^***
Combined effect (total indirect effect + direct effect)	(.078)	(.069)	(.078)	(.048)

^{***, ** and *}

denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels respectively. Bootstrapped standard errors (200 repetitions) are in parentheses.